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''Blood, Sweat and T-shirts'' is a British TV
documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
series, broadcast in 2008 on
BBC Three BBC Three is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes for a 16 to 34-year-old target aud ...
. The series followed six British fashion consumers aged between 20 and 24 as they travelled to
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
to live and work alongside Indian garment workers, making clothes destined for sale in British high-street stores. The series was nominated in the Best Factual Series category at the 2009 BAFTA Television Awards. One of the participants in ''Blood, Sweat and T-shirts'' was
Stacey Dooley Stacey Jaclyn Dooley (born 9 March 1987) is an English television presenter, journalist, and media personality. She came to prominence in 2008 as a participant on the documentary series '' Blood, Sweat and T-shirts''. Since then, she has made ...
, who went on to present a range of programmes for the BBC, starting off with the BBC Three documentary ''Stacey Dooley Investigates'' in 2009. The series was followed by ''Blood, Sweat and Takeaways'' in 2009, which focused on the food production in Asia, and ''Blood, Sweat and Luxuries'' in 2010, which focused on the production of luxury goods in Africa.


International broadcast

* In Australia, ''Blood, Sweat and T-shirts'' aired on
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each Wednesday at 8:30pm from 7 April 2010. * In the
Asia Pacific Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
region (including
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
) on Australia Network from 25 August 2009 at various timeslots. * In
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on YLE TV2 each Wednesday at 8pm from 13 January 2010, edited down to 45-minute episodes. * In
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
on
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every night at 7:15pm from 28 September – 1 October 2010.


See also

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Alter-globalisation Alter-globalization (also known as alter-globo, alternative globalization or alter-mundialization—from the French alter- mondialisation) is a social movement whose proponents support global cooperation and interaction, but oppose what they desc ...
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Ethical consumerism Ethical consumerism (alternatively called ethical consumption, ethical purchasing, moral purchasing, ethical sourcing, or ethical shopping and also associated with sustainable and green consumerism) is a type of consumer activism based on the conc ...
* Fair trade *
Occupational safety and health Occupational safety and health (OSH) or occupational health and safety (OHS) is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at work (i.e., while performing duties required by one's occupation). OSH is re ...
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Sweatshop A sweatshop or sweat factory is a cramped workplace with very poor and/or illegal working conditions, including little to no breaks, inadequate work space, insufficient lighting and ventilation, or uncomfortably or dangerously high or low temperat ...


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* * * BBC television documentaries 2000s British documentary television series 2008 British television series debuts 2008 British television series endings British English-language television shows Stacey Dooley {{UK-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub